Agent skill · operations · sundial-org
recipe-to-list
Turn recipes into a Todoist Shopping list. Extract ingredients from recipe photos (Gemini Flash vision) or recipe web pages (search + fetch), then compare against the existing Shopping project with conservative synonym/overlap rules, skip pantry staples (salt/pepper), and sum quantities when units match. Also saves each cooked recipe into the workspace cookbook (recipes/).
Why this skill is useful
Adds an executable script that integrates Gemini vision with Todoist for automated shopping list creation and recipe management.
What it needs
Requires todoist installed locally. Requires gemini, todoist account access. About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-03-07. 639 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Create Shopping List (Gemini Flash + Todoist) Target flow: 1) Input is either a photo or a recipe web search 2) Extract ingredients (Gemini Flash for photos; webfetch text → Gemini for websites) 3) Pull current Todoist Shopping list 4) Compare using overlap + synonym mapping (kept conservative; only merge high-confidence equivalents like coriander↔cilantro, panko↔breadcrumbs) 5) Update Shopping (default: add only missing items; skip salt/pepper) Use the bundled script to handle the photo → ingredients → Shopping update part. It also automatically saves a markdown entry into recipes/ (your cookbook knowledge base) and appends to recipes/index.md. For recipe-name → web search, do it confirm-first using websearch + webfetch, then feed the ingredients into the same update logic (and save the recipe). Prereqs Env: GEMINIAPIKEY (or GOOGLEAPIKEY) for Gemini Env: TODOISTAPITOKEN for Todoist Bin: todoist (todoist-ts-cli) Output formatting Items are reformatted to start with the ingredient name, followed by a parenthetical quantity. The Shopping list is kept flat (no Todoist sections/groups). Run Optional flags --model gemini-2.0-flash (default; falls back automatically) or any compatible Gemini vision model --dry-run to print extracted items without creating tasks --prefix "[Recipe] " to prefix each created task --no-overlap-check to skip checking your existing Shopping list --include-pantry to include salt/pepper --no-save to skip saving into recipes/ What to send to the model The script prompts Gemini to return strict JSON: If parsing fails, rerun with a clearer crop (ingredients list only) or provide a manual list.
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills sundial-org/recipe-to-list